[Golfingnut]

Originally Posted by SantaClaus

I don't think any of us are planning to convert our closet into a Faraday cage or squirrel-away dried beans, I think it's just an interesting puzzle to contemplate. Logistically how would you get by? How do you think the general public would react? What happens when ethic comes into conflict with survival? Apparently Hollywood thinks its a recipe for creating interest, too: take 5 characters and put them into strange circumstances and see what happens. Imminent asteroid collision, a flipped ocean liner, a towering inferno, a zombie apocalypse, crashed on a super-natural island, volcano, earthquake, pandemic, crushing invasion force, etc. Now, if you'll excuse me I need to get back to searching eBay for a tube-based ham radio.

Their is an old relic Eagle on Craig's list right now.

[Carl in Tampa]

This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
Not with a bang but a whimper.

From The Hollow Men by T.S. Eliot

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[RLL39]

Carefully and slowly, bend over, so you don't get dizzy and put your head between your knees and "Kiss your life good bye.."

[Carl in Tampa]

Originally Posted by SantaClaus

I don't think any of us are planning to convert our closet into a Faraday cage or squirrel-away dried beans, I think it's just an interesting puzzle to contemplate. Logistically how would you get by? How do you think the general public would react? What happens when ethic comes into conflict with survival? Apparently Hollywood thinks its a recipe for creating interest, too: take 5 characters and put them into strange circumstances and see what happens. Imminent asteroid collision, a flipped ocean liner, a towering inferno, a zombie apocalypse, crashed on a super-natural island, volcano, earthquake, pandemic, crushing invasion force, etc. Now, if you'll excuse me I need to get back to searching eBay for a tube-based ham radio.

Interesting you should mention a Faraday cage. My office at the White House was a Faraday cage.

But then, I worked in Technical Security, and was, perhaps, somewhat paranoid.

[senior citizen]

This has turned into such an interesting thread......
Hopefully, none of us will have to experience any of the "what if's" or "maybe's"......


But............just "if"........:
If 9 substations are destroyed the power grid would be down for 18 months.


Great minds think alike.......Or, do great minds think differently?
Just borrowing an interesting new phrase there.

Keep scrolling down (on hyperlink) to the bottom to understand how our lives would be affected.



http://investmentwatchblog.com/government-agency-if-9-substations-are-destroyed-the-power-grid-could-be-down-for-18-months/

[SantaClaus]

Carl, that makes total sense that your office might be a Faraday cage. The usual reason to use one is to deny passage of transmissions, either in or out: no bugs, no uploading cellphone pictures, no spoofing wireless networks, etc. Protection from EMPs is incidental, mostly.

[Parker]

I want both Carl and SantaClaus near me, and on good terms with me, in the event of catastrophe. This is what I've learned in this thread.

[senior citizen]

Originally Posted by Lauren Sweeny

Let's see... We have :Yellowstone park , one giant caldera, the Canary Island fissure and resulting East coast tsunami, trapped methane gas under all or most lakes and oceans, meteors,solar flares, volcanoes, earthquakes,nukes,plagues, bacteria, viruses, weird weather,oceans rising,and all manner of other Extinction Level Events in the future. Nothing we do will save most people.
So..... Live, Laugh and enjoy what you have now ,this moment in time. Live each moment as if it were your last.......

Your comment re "weird weather" is right on target.
No state has been immune to climate change, resulting in topographical change, power outages, discomfort for the residents and so on and so forth.......

It's almost three years now since Irene hit our state (and devastated the Jersey shore)......we all know that it needn't take a terrorist attack to cut off our electricity, our roads and take away our peace of mind.

Please click on hyperlink and keep scrolling down for the amazing devastation incurred on our state during Hurricane Irene......people were literally stranded up and down the spine of the Green Mountain state, due to flooding and bridges and roads being washed out.


http://www.mansfieldheliflight.com/flood/

PLEASE KEEP SCROLLING DOWN ON THIS ABOVE HYPERLINK "VERMONT FLOOD/IRENE"
ZILLIONS OF AERIAL PHOTOS OF DEVASTATION WORSE THAN ANY SINKHOLE.

As you go own the long line of unbelievable photos of devastation, it shows no state is immune.
Almost three summers ago Irene dumped up to 11 inches of rain on parts of Vermont, turning rivers into torrents and sweeping away homes, roads, bridges, and farm fields. Six Vermont residents were killed, thousands were left homeless and the storm damaged or destroyed more than 200 bridges and 500 miles of highway. Of the state's 251 towns, 225 had infrastructure damage.

Killlington and Rochester, were among a dozen communities that were cut off after flooding severed access to main roads. Army National Guard helicopters ferried emergency provisions of food, water and medicine to the community until the road links could be repaired.

The state and federal governments have spent more than $565 million to help with Vermont's recovery. That doesn't include private donations and money that people have spent on their own.
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We traveled north numerous times these past three years, to see the kids and grandkids, always in awe of the power and damage wrought by Mother Nature. It took awhile for our state to repair the broken roads, etc.

Please take the time to view all of these photos. It was the first time Vermont ever made the national news re our "weather" ............the reason our population is so low is that we do have a harsh winter climate, followed sometimes by spring floods.........in this case, the damage was life altering for many residents whose roads were totally wiped out...........from a supposed "tropical storm". Climate change for sure. Being without electricity is no fun.....even in a cold climate.